Asterolepis Eichwald 1840 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Asterolepidiformes - Asterolepididae

Parent taxon: Asterolepididae according to D. K. Elliott et al. 2000

See also Denison 1978, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxon: Stegolepis

Subtaxa: Asterolepis alticristata Asterolepis chadwicki Asterolepis concatenata Asterolepis cristata Asterolepis dellei Asterolepis essica Asterolepis estonica Asterolepis maxima Asterolepis orcadensis Asterolepis ornata Asterolepis radiata Asterolepis saevesoederberghi Asterolepis scabra Asterolepis sinensis Asterolepis syasiensis Asterolepis thule Asterolepis verrucosa

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)

• Devonian of Belarus (5), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (1), Colombia (1), Estonia (5), Greenland (1), Latvia (7), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (1: New York)

Total: 40 collections including 46 occurrences

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